HealthMon vs Micro Kitty
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
HealthMon
This app combines a virtual pet with a step tracker. Your pet grows as you meet daily walking goals, but can get sick if you don't. It syncs with health apps and allows multiplayer interaction with friends.
- Virtual pet growth based on steps
- Syncs with Apple Health
- Multiplayer with friends
- Apple Watch integration
- Third-party step tracker support
- iMessage stickers
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HealthMon is a virtual pet + step tracker app. Rules are simple - You feed your pet as you walk more everyday. Meet your daily and weekly step goals and your pet will continue to grow with you! If you don't meet them, your pet will get sick and could potentially die :'( Have fun and stay healthy! Features: - Automatic syncing with Apple's Health App to ensure that you're pulling in all the steps walked to feed your pet - Give your pet fruits & and play with your pet to help you get your daily goal - Multiplayer: It's never to easy to do it alone. Play with your friends! Invite your friends via Friend Codes or Facebook to check up on how your friends are doing. Once linked up, you can send or ask for items. You can add your friend's pet in your home playground and play with their pet! - Enjoy HealthMon with your Apple Watch to always see how your pet is doing; you can also play with it. You phone and watch syncs automatically! - Third party step tracker integrations such as Fitbit and Jawbone - Use all the pet's animations in your iMessage stickers
Micro Kitty
This app gamifies fitness by rewarding your steps with in-app currency to decorate virtual rooms. Collect points, customize your space, and enjoy a cute, retro-themed experience with your virtual cat companion.
- Earn Paw Points for walking
- Decorate virtual rooms
- Collect and customize items
- Cute retro pixel art
- Mini-game included
- Track daily steps and history
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Micro Kitty brings you step tracking with a twist! Enjoy the company of a feline friend (Lucy) and collect Paw Points as you walk! Spend your Paw Points in the decor shop to customize your rooms - a variety of items creates constant new goals for you to work towards, for the more you walk the more Paw Points you'll earn, and the more you can spend! With an easy to use interface, cute retro pixel-themed art art, and accurate step counting from Core Motion, Micro Kitty makes step tracking simple and rewarding! Features include: *Earn Paw Points live as you walk! *Main room, kitchen, bathroom and outdoor views *Toggle between room views *Bap the Mouse mini game! *More decor items available! *Purchase new decor items to customize your cat's room *More animations and locations for a more immersive experience *Responsive to your movements - if you walk, Lucy might too! *Intuitive, easy to use interface with sound feedback *Hearts for each consecutive day of care - fill them all and earn a surprise! *Current status view with step count and distance covered *Step history displayed in a convenient list view (past seven days of recorded steps available) *Equip your items from Decor Shop, simply tap to apply *In-app purchases Paw Points in the Paw Point shop *Toggle between mile and meter measurements from the info page
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: HealthMon at 70% against Micro Kitty's 0%. HealthMon also leads on update cadence (weekly vs every 8 months) and iOS requirement (9.0 vs 13.0). Micro Kitty's advantage is rating (4.3 vs 3.9). On price, ratings volume, ads and in-app purchases there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS
Both are free to download. HealthMon sells 9 one-off in-app purchases and Micro Kitty sells 10 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Micro Kitty holds the better App Store score, 4.3 against 3.9. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 9 and 4 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 70% of HealthMon's written reviews are positive against 0% of Micro Kitty's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
HealthMon ships an update weekly, Micro Kitty every 8 months. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 5, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | HealthMon | Micro Kitty |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.9 (9 ratings) | 4.3 (4 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 70.0% of reviews — better | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 9 — better | 4 |
| Update frequency | Weekly — better | Every 8 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod, Apple Watch | iPhone, iPod, Apple Watch |
| Requires iOS | 9.0 — better | 13.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 65 MB | 12 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Lazily Inspired | Katherine Duncan-Welke |
Customer experience
HealthMon
Micro Kitty
In-app purchases
HealthMon
- 10000 Steps$0.99
- 5 Medicine$0.99
- 3 Revives$0.99
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- Daily Step Goal$0.99
- Weekly Step Goal$2.99
- Healthpack$2.99
- Double Interaction Steps$2.99
- Double Incoming Steps$4.99
- Roll Over Excess Steps$4.99
Micro Kitty
- 50 Points$2.99
- 150 Points$6.99
- 200 Points$7.99
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- 350 Points$13.99
- 1000 Points$34.99
- 1500 Points$44.99
- 2000 Points$59.99
- 3000 Points$74.99
- 5000 Points$89.99
- 10000 Points$99.99








